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Written by asiamind
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Saturday, 20 September 2008 05:37 |
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Once you have completed your pre-university courses, then you can start looking for the area where you would like to continue your studies. While most private universities and colleges do offer an array of courses ranging from Information Technology to Business there are also some which are very specialized like AIMST University which is a Medical college, Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology who are very specialized in Information Technology, HELP University College who are renowned for its psychology courses and Binary University College, typically a Business school. Higher education institutions today are significantly different from those that exist 10 years ago. This is because most of the colleges have since been converted to University Colleges or Universities. This however have not changed the courses much. To begin with, if you would like to pursue an undergraduate course, you will have to first choose the right field. After that, you will have to choose which university you would like to pursue your course with. You can choose between a local private university qualification on an overseas university qualification with any private education institute. Colleges like Inti University College offers degree course with Coventry University in UK while KDU Colleges and Sedaya International University College are affiliated with the Northumbria University in Newcastle, UK. On top of that, they also offer degree courses that are certified by their university colleges as well. That means if you decide that you do not mind obtaining a degree from Limkokwing University of instance, then you can opt to enroll into the undergraduate programmes with them. In comparison, local private qualifications are much cheaper compared to those that are from overseas although they are offered in the same premises. |
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Pre-University |
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Written by asiamind
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Saturday, 20 September 2008 05:32 |
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Once you have completed your SPM (Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia) or ‘O’ Levels, you will have to choose which area of specialization you want to pursue. For those of you who have yet to decide what you want to do, you can get into any pre-university programmes which are mostly generic. To begin with if your results in SPM permits, you can continue in the public schools to pursue your Form 6 which will gain you entry into the local universities through your STPM (Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia) qualifications. Otherwise you can apply to any private colleges or universities where you can obtain your ‘A’ Levels, which is the British equivalent to the STPM. Otherwise, you can also take up the Canadian Pre-University or the South Australian Matriculation programmes, all of which will essentially gain you entry into Universities. These programmes however are less popular as graduates are slowly moving towards the Foundation programmes. As an alternative to the generic pre-university programmes, you can also opt for the more specialized progrmames like Foundation in Business, Foundation in Law or Foundation courses in Information Technology. Upon completion of these programmes you will then gain entry into the degree or diploma courses in the same field. Note that once you have enrolled in the foundation courses, it might be harder if you decide to change your course later. Therefore, it is very important that if you are very determined that this is the field that you are interested to pursue your career in before enrolling for Foundation courses, otherwise it is advisable for you to enroll in the more generic pre-university courses to determine which area you are good at before deciding. |
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Primary and Secondary Schools |
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Written by asiamind
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Saturday, 20 September 2008 05:28 |
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If you would like to study in a private school, you can send your children to the various private primary and secondary schools in around Malaysia. Schools like Sri Inai, Sri Cheras, Sri Murni and Sri Cempaka are all choices by which you can have your children attend private education. Most of these schools follow and adhere to the education system of Malaysia. This means that when you reach Form 3 you will be sitting for the PMR exam just like any other Form 3 student in Malaysia. The difference here is that you will be sitting for the examination as a private candidate. There are also International schools available like Garden International School, Alice Smith International School and International School Kuala Lumpur, all of which follows a more international syllabus like ‘O’ Levels and ‘A’ Levels but are catered to expatriates and to some who have stayed overseas for a certain amount of years. |
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